The Startup Magazine

JULY 30, 2017

Spanish startup Noysi has managed to penetrate the crowded and growing $67.4 billion dollar market of business communication software. Its secret is a business model that focuses on providing a premium service using open source solutions, 90% cheaper than its competition, according to Eleconomista.

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Open Source Spain Russia API 60

Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Everyone on my team is obsessed with the products, so it’s been fun managing the social media channels. I also had to deal with explaining my vision to developers in India and trying to find quality support on a budget. Thanks to Trina Albus, MAGENTA ! It wasn’t easy. Thanks to Zorik Gordon, SERVIZ ! #13

Los Angeles 48

Los Angeles Las Vegas Entrepreneur Phoenix 48

ReadWriteStart

MAY 4, 2011

Pune has become a hotbed of product entrepreneurship in India, and I was curious to see what kinds of ventures are cooking there. Besides the fact that he is from London, I could not figure out why; instead of expanding the franchise in India, it makes sense to jump to London. On April 17, I was in Pune for a 1M/1M live event.

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India Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Massachusetts 116

ReadWriteStart

JANUARY 27, 2011

This partnership speaks to a core philosophy of the program where we encourage entrepreneurs to get as much customer validation as possible before raising too much money, use other people's channels if you can get to them, don't burn too much cash, and all that good fiscal conservative stuff. Photo by nosheep. Discuss.

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Dilution Revenue Finance Entrepreneur 114

Hearpreneur

JANUARY 7, 2017

At the same time it seemed that whenever I would have a conversation with a friend, family member, colleague, manager, executive–you name it!–about I have encountered numerous companies with bad customer service, or bad financial management, or unprofessional stuff, you name it. Greene, Land Carroll & Blair PC ! #20

Entrepreneur 91

Entrepreneur LLC Cofounder Green 91

crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Interestingly, three of the fastest rising brands – Amazon, Starbucks and Facebook – continued to disrupt their own business models. Just look at how Amazon has managed to build many multi-billion dollar industries while delivering terrific value to consumers. The best brands deliver great value.

Small Business 48

Small Business Non-Compete Startup Social Media 48

ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

At today's roundtable, we had entrepreneurs presenting from Brazil, Israel and India. In fact, I was pleased to even see an entrepreneur from Kolkata, India, the city in which I was born and raised. The business looks extremely promising and with proper execution, can become a sizable enterprise over time. Estate Lister.

Brazil 115

Brazil India Entrepreneur 115

Steve Blank

MAY 18, 2009

It’s our hood alignment station,” the plant manager said proudly. These damn models weren’t designed right so we’re fixing them on the line.” One day, I was at the Ford Wixom auto assembly plant training my replacement and I was at met at the door by an irate plant manager. the manager followed us still yelling.

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Founder Silicon Valley RSS China 302

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Near shoring development with your team (ex: your team is based in Canada / India) is cool, but not outsourcing. I’m not afraid to pick up the phone, cold call someone, use LinkedIn to find someone who’s recently left a company that might be considered competitive and ask them for advise around the business model and marketplace.

Technical Review 44

Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 10, 2008

You validated our business model and added huge value to our efforts. However, as we know from the cable industry, subscription businesses can be very profitable over time. This concept is even more critical for SaaS businesses given the large upfront investment required to acquire customers. Michael Kassing.

Software Review 48

Software Review North America Europe Metrics 48

techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The rest can be outsourced to wherever (Estonia – Skype; someone mentioned digg above; you can even send this junk to India and get it with questionable quality). Thus had to spend hard cash building a half way completed demo outsourced to India. Twitter is an excellent distribution channel for us. (B) have a great day!

Technical Review 84

Technical Review Cofounder Technical Cofounder Software Review 84

Life Beyond Code

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Once the $1 million revenue milestone is crossed, entrepreneurs find it easier to find additional customers, manage working capital, and access funding, whether it is credit or equity. This is where numerous ventures fail. The public roundtable is a free program accessible from anywhere in the world.

Programming 116

Programming Silicon Valley Bootstrapping Technical Review 116

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Risk capital has emerged in China, India and other countries where risk taking, innovation and liquidity is encouraged, on a scale previously only seen in the U.S. Entrepreneurship as It’s Own Management Science. While companies execute business models, startups search for a business model. (Or

Silicon Valley 335

Silicon Valley United States Venture Capital Software Review 335

Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

When the product and channel are bits, adoption by 10’s and 100’s of millions and even billions of users can happen in years versus decades. Continuous innovation requires the imagination and courage to challenge the initial hypotheses of your current business model (channel, cost, customers, products, supply chain, etc.)

Restful 227

Restful Silicon Valley Puerto Rico San Jose 227

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Task Management. Project Management Tools. Subscription Payments / Management. Managing APIs. Customer Relationship Management. Contractor Management. Private beta invitations & management: Prefinery. Scanning / Document Management. Project Management tools. Part 4- Closing.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Startup 53

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2010

Attempts at “moving up the stack&# – In 1997 I led a project to help senior management at British Telecom define its Internet strategy. Think of about the rise of Japanese Anime , Spanish Novelas , Korean Drama or the rise of Bollywood entertainment from India.

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Distribution Audience Video Internet 386